Cynthia Manick reads from her recently released collection No Sweet Without Brine, which received 5 stars from Roxane Gay and was selected as a New York Public Library Best Book of 2023, alongside poets and friends of the store Anastacia-Renee, Amber Flame, and Luther Hughes.
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